PADOU v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 09-CV-390.

998 A.2d 286 (2010)

Abigail PADOU, et al., Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Padou, with whom Abigail Padou was on the brief, pro se.

David A. Hyden, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Peter J. Nickles, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, and Donna M. Murasky, Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellee.

Carl Messineo and Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Washington, DC, filed a brief for amicus curiae the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and the National Lawyers Guild, in support of appellants.

Before REID and KRAMER, Associate Judges, and NEBEKER, Senior Judge.


REID, Associate Judge:

Appellants, Abigail and Don Padou, acting pro se, filed an amended complaint alleging, in part, that the District violated their First Amendment constitutional rights by selectively removing their posters from utility poles or public lampposts. We are constrained to reverse the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the District, and we remand this case with instructions to afford...

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